India vs South Africa: An elated Temba Bavuma lauded Heinrich Klaasen for his match-winning 81-run knock after South Africa defeated India by 4 wickets to take a 2-0 collection lead in Cuttack.
Temba Bavuma hails Heinrich Klaasen after SA win Cuttack T20I: He provides a whole lot of worth to our batting (AP Photo)
HIGHLIGHTSHeinrich Klaasen provides a whole lot of worth to our batting: Bavuma after SA win 2nd T20IBhuvneshwar bowled nicely, he made the ball discuss upfront: BavumaKlaasen scored 81 runs within the Cuttack T20I to assist SA take 2-0 collection lead
South Africa captain Temba Bavuma heaped wealthy reward on Heinrich Klaasen for his particular knock that powered South Africa to a sensational 4-wicket win over India within the 2nd T20I at Barabati Stadium regardless of some excellent bowling from Bhuvneshwar Kumar.
Bavuma stated that Klaasen provides a whole lot of worth to South Africa’s batting as he has the power to do the injury in a few balls. Klaasen capitalized on his probability choice to smash 81 off 46 balls as South Africa beat India by 4 wickets.
“There’s learning I can take from this game, will try better in the next game. We knew it wasn’t going to be an easy chase, but we were confident. We knew we had to execute our plans, and we had to be clinical. We can use him (Miller) at 5 or 6. Klaasen is someone who can do the damage in a couple of balls. He (Klaasen) adds a lot of value to our batting. Whatever your role is, you need to execute as well as you can,” Bavuma stated within the post-match presentation ceremony.
Bhuvneshwar Kumar claimed three wickets within the powerplay to scale back South Africa to 29-3 in reply to India’s modest whole of 148-6 after being put into bat. Kumar completed with spectacular figures of 4-13 but it surely was not sufficient to avert their second successive defeat within the five-match collection. After the match, Bavuma lauded Bhuvneshwar, saying that the India pacer bowled nicely and made the ball discuss upfront.
“It was a tricky chase, Bhuvi bowled well, he made the ball talk upfront. It could have been clinical towards the end, but we will take that. We really needed someone to take it deep. That’s the role I play in the game, to close it off.”
